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Old 14-08-2011, 10:46 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Coffee Kills Slugs

On 13/08/2011 19:42, gardenlen wrote:
g'day bertie,

we've used coffee for snail/slug controlm usually buy the el-cheepo
instant then mix it to road tar strenght sort of, and spray it around
the base of the plant and the adjacent soil need re-application after
rain/watering, we find it works best on the youngest slimmies.


Having watched the buggers crawling across a mountain of lime last
night, I've given up trying to protect my chrysanths